The reason why Ah Yi called Feng Lihen out early in the morning was because Ah Yi found out that the drought in Fenling County was not present in the entire county at first, but only in a few villages, and then slowly spread to the entire county. county seat.This made Hajime feel very strange. He had only heard that plague would spread, but he had never heard of drought.Because of the drought, the farming time in every village is very early now, and every family stays at home around noon, so Ah Yi only goes out early in the morning.

Originally, Ah Yi planned to report to Feng Lihen and then go to investigate by himself, but Feng Lihen said that he would go in person, so the two went out together.

When Feng Lihen, Ah Yi and a few guards arrived at Linjia Village, the source of the drought, they saw ragged, sallow-faced men carrying water from the mountain.Now the entire county can still find some water sources on the mountains, but they are almost gone, basically not enough for their own food, let alone farming.But if they don't cultivate the land, everyone can only wait to starve to death, so everyone endures thirst and saves some water to plant some drought-resistant food, hoping to have something to eat.

Feng Lihen felt very uncomfortable seeing the people like this. If the county magistrate had informed the court earlier, even if the court could not find out the cause of the drought, the people could still have a bite of hot food.

"Hello, I heard that the drought first spread from your village, right?" Feng Lihen stopped a man and asked straightforwardly.

When the man heard Feng Lihen's words, he immediately showed a wary expression, and said sadly and angrily, "Who are you and what do you want to do, we have been forced by you to the point where we can't even afford food, what else do you want to do. Would we be willing if there was a drought, just because it started from us, so you can exploit us again and again."

"Brother, you have misunderstood. To tell you the truth, I am someone sent by the imperial court. I hope to find out the cause of the drought so that you can resume your old life as soon as possible." Feng Lihen saw that the man was going crazy, and quickly explained.

Some men who were carrying water with the men saw the movement here and thought that someone was making trouble again. They put down the water one by one and picked up their poles and rushed over, just in time to hear Feng Lihen's words.Everyone started to discuss. Although the first man still looked alert, his expression was no longer ferocious, and there was a ray of hope in his eyes. He said cautiously, "Are you really an adult sent by the court???" From the man's point of view, no one dared to pretend to be an adult in the court, let alone that there was nothing in their place, so there was nothing to deceive.

"Yes." Feng Lihen took out the token and showed them.

The men were just ordinary peasants who didn't know how to read the characters, but they could see the exquisiteness of the token, so they believed it all at once. They all knelt down, kowtowed to Feng Lihen and said, "My lord, you must Please save us, if this drought is not resolved, we will really have no way of life." The men in their teens were crying like tears.

Although Feng Lihen hadn't experienced it before, he could still imagine their grievances and misfortunes during this period, let them vent, and let them get up after venting enough and said, "Get up first, and tell me about the drought." what is going on???"

"Hey, it's getting late, my lord. Find a place to sit down with the little old man, and the little old man will tell you slowly. I almost forgot that the little old man is the head of the Lin Family Village." The old man who came over looked at Feng Lihen and said excitedly.

Feng Lihen nodded and followed the village chief to the village chief's house. At this time, many villagers of Lin Family Village heard the news and rushed over just to see Feng Lihen. Of course, the most important thing was to know Feng Lihen Can you help them solve the drought problem? At least it is good to know whether the imperial court will distribute disaster relief food.You must know that because the drought spread from Linjia Village, many surrounding villages united to make a big noise in Linjia Village, and a lot of food was taken away, so that the people in Linjia Village can only eat bark now.

"I wonder if my lord can tell you your official position???" Village head Lin has a wider knowledge than those ordinary people, and he also knows the general position of the official position in the court.

"This officer is the new inspector." Feng Lihen didn't reveal the identity of his prince, so as not to cause any trouble.

But the identity of the inspector is scary enough, at least Village Chief Lin was frightened, and it took him a long time before he said tremblingly, "I didn't expect Mr. inspector to come."

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense, why don't you tell me what's going on with this drought?" Feng Lihen waved his hands to stop Village Chief Lin from kneeling, and said straightforwardly.

Village head Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded his head in a hurry and said, "Hey, this matter started half a year ago. Everything was fine at first, but I don't know when, the water in the river The water is getting less and less. At first we thought it was the case in all villages, but later we found out that it was the case in Linjia Village. Now everyone panicked, but before we could find out the reason, other villages also started to lack water. They all said yes Our Lin Family Village spread out and they got into trouble, so they came to Lin Family Village to make a big fuss and took away a lot of our rations." When talking about this, Village Chief Lin was full of resentment.

"Then have you found out the reason why the water is dry???" Feng Lihen said with a frown.

"The little old men are incompetent. We have asked some gentlemen to check, but no one can find out the reason." Village Chief Lin said desolately.

Feng Lihen stood up and said, "Take me to the source."

"Hey." Village head Lin originally wanted to say that it's hot outside now, but seeing Feng Lihen's firm attitude, he agreed.

In fact, it is early summer now, but because there is no water flow, it seems that Lin Family Village is extraordinarily hot.

"This is here. Although the water here was not extensive before, it was enough for our entire Lin Family Village to use and cultivate. Now, ah..." Village Chief Lin brought Feng Lihen and Feng Lihen's guards to the village that Lin Family Village had relied on for generations. by the river.It's just that there is no drop of water in the river at this time, and the river is also dry, leaving only a river bed.

Feng Lihen squatted down and picked up a clod of soil in the river bed, and found that it shattered as soon as he pinched it. Obviously, there was no trace of moisture in the river bed.

"Where does this river flow down from???" Feng Lihen looked along the river bed, and found that the river did not flow from other places, but flowed down from the mountain, and asked suspiciously.

Without hesitation, Village Chief Lin pointed to a mountain not far away and asked, "It's the top of that mountain."

"Go, go up the mountain and have a look." Feng Lihen said without hesitation.

As long as the cause of the drought can be found out, let alone just going to an ordinary mountain, the village head of Daoshan Forest will also go.But Village Chief Lin was getting old after all, and he was tired after less than a third of the climb. Seeing this, Feng Lihen asked a guard to carry Village Chief Lin up the mountain.Village head Lin was a little afraid at first, but seeing Feng Lihen's resolute attitude, he tremblingly climbed onto the body of the guard.

After a group of people reached the top of the mountain, Feng Lihen saw a waterfall without Mr. Lin's pointing, but the waterfall was completely dry now and could not see a drop of water.

"There are no traces at all, as if it dried up from the heat." Ah Yi climbed to the top of the waterfall and searched, but found no clues.

When Ah Yi climbed to the waterfall, Feng Lihen also walked the top of the mountain again, but also did not gain anything.

"Let's go down the mountain first. It's impossible to find the root cause today. I'll find a way to get your relief food." Feng Lihen said, wiping the sweat off his face.

Village head Lin had a disappointed look on his face when he heard Feng Lihen say that finding the root cause was impossible, but when he heard that Feng Lihen wanted to provide them with disaster relief food, his face suddenly burst into a smile.

After going down the mountain, Feng Lihen asked Village Chief Lin to take a few men with him to the county government office. Feng Lihen didn't think there would be any food in the county government office.

When they arrived at the county government office, because the weather was too hot, there was no one guarding outside the county government office, so Feng Lihen let Ah Yi break in directly.

"Who are you to dare to trespass in the county office? You know that you will go to jail." The county magistrate heard the movement and ran out to take a look, and saw a group of unscrupulous people who were about to get angry, but when they saw Feng Lihen's clothes, his arrogance suddenly became low down.The clothes on Feng Lihen's body can not be bought anywhere, but only in the capital. Those who can afford this kind of clothes, even if they are not rich, have some wealth. started.

Feng Lihen ignored the county magistrate's words, and led Village Chief Lin and the villagers into the inner hall. When he saw the delicious dishes in the inner hall, Feng Lihen's face turned black all of a sudden.The common people ate bran pickles and even tree bark, but the county magistrate ate meat and drank wine, and even had ice cubes for him to use. It was really extravagant.

"What a county magistrate of Fenling County. He knew that there was a drought in the county but he didn't report it. He even let the people eat braised pickled vegetables while you ate braised pork. Do you really think the court will not blame you?" Feng Lihen said angrily.

After hearing Feng Lihen's words, the county magistrate of Fenling County thumped in his heart. He couldn't figure out the origin of Feng Lihen. He took out a 100 tael silver ticket from his bosom and handed it to Feng Lihen. Where are you from, this small meaning of meeting for the first time is not a respect."

"You don't need to follow me. Ah Yi removes his official uniform and puts him in prison for interrogation." Feng Lihen doesn't have time to deal with the county magistrate of Fenling County, so he directly asks Ah Yi to put him in prison .

After hearing Feng Lihen's words, the county magistrate of Fenling County prepared to fight wherever he was willing to do it, but he withered immediately after seeing the token Feng Lihen took out.The common people don't know that officials like them don't know the true identity of the new inspector.

The county magistrate of Fenling County was still shouting for the prince to forgive his sins when he dragged on, hoping that Feng Lihen would let him go.

Only then did the people of Lin Family Village realize that Feng Lihen was actually a prince, and after seeing each other, they knelt on their knees to say hello.

"Okay, you all get up, this time the matter is that the court didn't find out about the situation earlier. The king will open the county government's granary immediately. You should carry a few bags of rice back first. No matter what, let the old man and Once the child is fed, I will take care of other things." Feng Lihen helped Village Chief Lin up and said sincerely.

Village head Lin touched his tears and said that it was their blessing to meet Feng Lihen.

When Feng Lihen opened the granary, although he had guessed in his heart, he was still very angry when he saw the grain in the granary.Seeing the contented look of Village Chief Lin and others carrying the food away, Feng Lihen sighed in his heart, this is the common people, as long as they can feed and clothe them, they will be satisfied.When Village Chief Lin and others left, Feng Lihen asked Village Chief Lin to speak out, asking people from all villages to come to the county office to collect food.

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